djmike

Hi Adam,

Many thanks for posting some videos. I'd love to come down for some of the training classes, but I'm a bit far away, so being able to view the videos is great.

I haven't yet got my feet wet with Houdini because I can't get it running my system

I'm pretty sure the videos you have posted are an intermediate level. What would be a good place to find learning materials for beginners of Houdini 11?

Thanks much!
Mike

Rolling back to 9.3 and using the XML entries in the thread stevenong posted above did not work.

It is worth noting that 9.5.459 works on my system with no problems. Houdini 10 doesn't work. I've tried build 10.0.292 (where it was up) and 10.0.295. Maybe I'll grab a newer build later this week and see if that works.

Anyone have any other ideas?

I've been using the vc8 builds. What's the difference between vc8 and vc7, just the MS compiler that was used?

Hi stevenong,

Thanks for the link to that thread. I updated the XML file with the values towards the end of that thread (the ones that were confirmed to work) and the UI is still absent. :cry:

I'm convinced the problem is ATI related as I finally upgraded my Firefox to Firefox 3 and removed some other software that I thought might be interfering (Apache HTTP Server and Flash Media Server). I also tried rolling back to older drivers. When I first downloaded Houdini Apprentice I swear I had the Catalyst 9.3 drivers installed and Houdini was working. I didn't have much free time then to play with Houdini, so I only saw it working a couple of times. I then updated to 9.4, and more recently to 9.5. So, I rolled back to 9.3 and it didn't work, then to 9.4 with no luck either.

Maybe the trick in that thread will work if I roll back to 9.3 as I believe the author of the OP was using those drivers at the time. I'll try that later in the week when I have some extra time and report back if it works.

Thanks again.